How To Install sil-alkalami-fonts on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install sil-alkalami-fonts in Fedora 36. sil-alkalami-fonts is A font family for the Arabic scripts of the Kano region of Nigeria and Niger

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sil-alkalami-fonts on Fedora 36.

What is `sil-alkalami-fonts`

Alkalami is a font family for Arabic-based writing systems in the Kano region of Nigeria and in Niger. This style of writing African Ajami has sometimes been called Sudani Kufi or Rubutun Kano. Alkǎlami (pronounced al-KA-la-mi) is the local word for the Arabic “qalam”, a type of sharpened stick used for writing on wooden boards in the Kano region of Nigeria and in Niger, and what gives the style its distinct appearance. The baseline stroke is very thick and solid. The ascenders and other vertical strokes including the teeth are very narrow when compared to the baseline. A generous line height is necessary to allow for deep swashes and descenders, and the overall look of the page is a very black, solid rectangle. Diacritics are much smaller in scale, with very little distance from the main letters. The Alkalami font supports the characters known to be used by languages written with the Kano style of Arabic script, but may not have the characters needed for other languages.

We can use yum or dnf to install sil-alkalami-fonts on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sil-alkalami-fonts.

Install sil-alkalami-fonts on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install sil-alkalami-fonts using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sil-alkalami-fonts

Install sil-alkalami-fonts on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install sil-alkalami-fonts using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sil-alkalami-fonts

How To Uninstall sil-alkalami-fonts on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the sil-alkalami-fonts package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove sil-alkalami-fonts

sil-alkalami-fonts Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/fonts/conf.d/66-sil-alkalami-fonts.conf
/usr/share/doc/sil-alkalami-fonts
/usr/share/doc/sil-alkalami-fonts/DOCUMENTATION.txt
/usr/share/doc/sil-alkalami-fonts/FONTLOG.txt
/usr/share/doc/sil-alkalami-fonts/OFL-FAQ.txt
/usr/share/doc/sil-alkalami-fonts/README.txt
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/66-sil-alkalami-fonts.conf
/usr/share/fonts/sil-alkalami-fonts
/usr/share/fonts/sil-alkalami-fonts/Alkalami-Light.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/sil-alkalami-fonts/Alkalami-Regular.ttf
/usr/share/licenses/sil-alkalami-fonts
/usr/share/licenses/sil-alkalami-fonts/OFL.txt
/usr/share/metainfo/org.fedoraproject.sil-alkalami-fonts.metainfo.xml

References

sil-alkalami-fonts website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sil-alkalami-fonts on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).